"You b***h!" Adrineh yelled as she lunged at me in a hug. "Do you know how worried we were? Even those two assholes looked like cadavers because you weren't here."
I knew she was joking, but something inside me flared. I couldn't allow her to call them assholes.
One I could.
"Don't disrespect my mates," I said sternly. "And I missed you, too," I added as I hugged her back.
I could feel something warm and moist seeping through my shirt.
Was Adrineh crying?
"Stop being such a baby," Niles scolded, appearing right behind my friend.
Adrineh snapped her head back. "You are like a freaking rock ever since you met your mate."
...
What? When?
"You met your mate?" I asked in disbelief. He is human; there is always a possibility that a human may be mated to a supernatural being, b
